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discouraging

英 [dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ]

美 [dɪsˈkɜːrɪdʒɪŋ]

v.  阻拦; 阻止; 劝阻; 使灰心; 使泄气; 使丧失信心
discourage的现在分词

现在分词:discouraging 

TOEFL

BNC.18639 / COCA.14782

柯林斯词典

  • VERB 使泄气;使灰心
    If someone or somethingdiscouragesyou, they cause you to lose your enthusiasm about your actions.
    1. It may be difficult to do at first. Don't let this discourage you.
      万事开头难,别因此而灰心。
  • VERB 打消…的念头;阻止;劝阻
    Todiscouragean action or todiscouragesomeonefromdoing it means to make them not want to do it.
    1. ...typhoons that discouraged shopping and leisure activities.
      使购物和休闲活动化为泡影的台风
    2. ...a campaign to discourage children from smoking.
      劝阻儿童远离香烟的运动

英英释义

adj

  • depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
    1. where never is heard a discouraging word
  • expressing disapproval

    双语例句

    • On the other hand, prohibition maintains high prices, discouraging heavy use and use by minors.
      另一方面,禁令的好处是,它维持了***的高价,从而减少了大量使用***和未成年人使用***的现象。
    • That realization, instead of being discouraging, was liberating.
      那个认识,代替了原先的气馁,将我完全的解放了。
    • Equally important, it distorts the economy by discouraging adequate investment in either the agricultural or productive sector.
      同样重要的是,不论在农业还是生产部门中缺乏足够的投资歪曲了经济的发展。
    • For now, even the most optimistic conservationists have to admit that the numbers are discouraging.
      现在,即使是最乐观的自然资源保护论者也不得不承认,这些数据令人沮丧。
    • Their attitude was very discouraging.
      他们的态度非常令人沮丧。
    • Doing so you are discouraging us from further development.
      这样做只会影响作者在课程上的发展进度罢了。
    • Your first batch of results may be discouraging, but never mind, they'll improve.
      你的第一批结果可能令人泄气,可是别在意,会好转的。
    • When you fail its easy to point out everything you did wrong, but that is so discouraging.
      当你失败时,很容易指出自己做错的事情,但是这样很让人沮丧。
    • This herculean task was ultimately completed, but with discouraging slowness.
      这个极为艰巨的任务最终完成了,但是速度之慢令人沮丧。
    • It's very discouraging to be sneered at all the time.
      成天受嘲讽是很令人泄气的。